Opinions on advantage of hot dishes most often are very ambiguous - undoubtedly only the fact that abuse of them can lead to development of various complications, up to stomach ulcer. At reasonable approach food with hot spices really has a certain advantage practically for all organism.
Useful properties
First of all, spicy food stimulates appetite, helps to cope with cold and temperature, normalizes blood circulation and also purifies blood and dilutes it. Besides, spices prevent formation of bad cholesterol on walls of vessels, at the same time strengthening them. Hot dishes protect from parasites, strengthen release of gastric juice, improve inflow of blood to walls of a stomach and have small analgesic effect due to production of endorphins (joy hormones).
Admirers of hot dishes seldom gain the weight as such food can't be eaten too often and large portions.
At the expense of spicy food with garlic, mustard, pepper and ginger it is possible to reduce significantly the salt use and also to accelerate a metabolism and to lose weight. It is possible, thanks to capsaicin – the burning substance which is contained in hot peppers which increases body temperature and speeds up warm reductions therefore fat is actively burned by an organism. Also intake of spicy food before going to bed allows to find a quiet dream, to lower arterial blood pressure, to facilitate otkhozhdeny phlegms from bronchial tubes and to calm the loosened nerves.
Harmful properties
Harm from the use of hot dishes, in comparison with their advantage, is not too destructive, however nevertheless it is important to know consequences of the consumption of such food. So, regular meal with spices can cause inflammation of a mucous membrane of a stomach, or the gastritis developing because of constant irritation of gastric walls and decrease in their protective barrier properties. Besides, hot dishes are capable to cause severe heartburn and to break sensitivity of flavoring receptors in language – and sometimes and to burns of its surface. People quickly get used to spicy food therefore usual dishes seem to them tasteless and leavened even if they are moderately salted and peppered. Fans of hot dishes also face such problem as a sharp aroma from a mouth as onions and garlic seasonings for a long time leave behind "fragrant aftertaste". Very important with care to eat similar food to the people having diseases of digestive tract and inclined to allergic reactions (for example, on capsaicin). If after its reception pain or discomfort appeared, it is necessary to refuse flatly hot dishes not to provoke deterioration in health.